Koweit

Koweit [kəʊˈweɪt]

n

(Placename) a variant of Kuwait

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Koweit - a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait capital of Kuwait, Kuwait, Kuwait City State of Kuwait, Koweit, Kuwait - an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum
	2.	Koweit - an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum State of Kuwait, Kuwait Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation OPEC, Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries - an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum Middle East, Mideast, Near East - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization" Gulf States - the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf capital of Kuwait, Koweit, Kuwait, Kuwait City - a seaport on the Persian Gulf and capital of Kuwait Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Kuwaiti - a native or inhabitant of Kuwait